Henry Patten (born 6 May 1996) is a British tennis player.Patten has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 49 achieved on 27 May 2024. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 462 achieved on 19 September 2022.[1]Patten has won twelve ATP Challenger doubles title, eleven with Julian Cash. Ten of the titles came in 2022, a record for most Challenger doubles titles in a single season.[2][3]

Henry Patten
Patten at the 2023 Cary Challenger
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 (age 28)
Colchester, United Kingdom
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2020
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUNC Asheville
Prize money$262,997
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0 Challenger, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 462 (19 September 2022)
Doubles
Career record24–25
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 49 (27 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 49 (27 May 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2023, 2024)
French Open3R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US Open3R (2023)
Last updated on: 25 May 2024.

Personal

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From Manningtree, Patten was educated at Ipswich School and Culford School. He played college tennis at UNC Asheville (2015–2019) and as a postgraduate at Durham University (2019–2020).[4][5][6]

Patten is also a chess enthusiast, often playing the game while on tour.[7]

College

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While at UNC Asheville Patten became the No. 1 ranked NCAA doubles player and placed as high as No. 32 in singles.[7] In 2018 he was the first player in the history of his program to be selected for the singles draw of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships.[8] At Durham he finished runner-up with Josip Krstanovic to fellow Durham students Julius Tverijonas and Or Ram-Harel in the 2019 BUCS Men's Doubles Championship.[9]

Career

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2022: Record Challenger titles in a season

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Patten won ten titles in 2022, breaking the record for most Challenger doubles titles in a single season with Julian Cash.[2]

2023: First ATP final, top 50, US Open third round

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Patten partnering with Julian Cash reached his first ATP semifinal at the 2023 Tata Open Maharashtra.

At the 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships the pair Patten/Cash reached an ATP semifinal for a second time in the season and as a pair. Next they reached their first career final defeating Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela and Robert Galloway. They lost to Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.[10] He reached the top 50 on 22 May 2023.

2024: Maiden ATP title, French Open third round

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Patten won his maiden ATP title at the 2024 Grand Prix Hassan II partnering with Harri Heliövaara defeating second seeded Austrian duo of Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler.[11][12]

Doubles performance timeline

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Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2024 French Open.

Tournament2021202220232024SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAA2R2R0 / 22–2
French OpenAA1R3R0 / 22–1
WimbledonA1RA0 / 10–1
US OpenAA3R0 / 12–1
Win–loss0–00–13–33–10 / 66–5
Career statistics
Tournaments021012
Overall win–loss0–00–29–109–12
Year-end ranking7746969

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 2023U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States250 SeriesClay Julian Cash Max Purcell
Jordan Thompson
6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Win1–1Apr 2024Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco250 SeriesClay Harri Heliövaara Alexander Erler
Lucas Miedler
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss1–2Apr 2024Romanian Open, Romania250 SeriesClay Harri Heliövaara Sadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul
3–6, 5–7
Win2–2May 2024ATP Lyon Open, France250 SeriesClay Harri Heliövaara Yuki Bhambri
Albano Olivetti
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–8]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 4 (1–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 2021M15 Ithaca, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Charles Broom7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6
Win1–1Nov 2021M15 Fayetteville, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Alfredo Perez7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss1–2Apr 2022M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard Brandon Holt6–7(2–7), 5–7
Loss1–3Jul 2022M25 Roehampton, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourGrass Toby Samuel4-6, 7-6(10-8), 4-6

Doubles: 29 (21 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (13–5)
ITF World Tennis Tour (8–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (14–7)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (3–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 2021M15 Indore, IndiaWorld TourHard Jonathan Binding Luca Castelnuovo
Eric Vanshelboim
6–2, 5–7, [9–11]
Win1–1Oct 2021M15 Ithaca, United StatesWorld TourHard Charles Broom Eduardo Nava
Nathan Ponwith
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss1–2Nov 2021M15 Fayetteville, United StatesWorld TourHard Charles Broom George Goldhoff
Tadeas Paroulek
4–6, 2–6
Win2–2Dec 2021M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld TourHard Charles Broom Sidane Pontjodikromo
Kai Wehnelt
5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Win3–2Feb 2022M25 Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
World TourHard Rinky Hijikata Hsu Yu-hsiou
Wu Tung-lin
2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–3]
Win4–2Mar 2022M25 Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
World TourHard Mark Whitehouse Colin Markes
Keegan Smith
6–4, 6–4
Loss4–3Mar 2022M25 Calabasas, United StatesWorld TourHard Charles Broom Nam Ji-sung
Song Min-kyu
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win5–3Apr 2022M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld TourHard Julian Cash Anirudh Chandrasekar
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
6–1, 6–4
Win6–3May 2022M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld TourHard Julian Cash Charles Broom
Jan Choinski
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win7–3May 2022M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld TourHard Julian Cash Omar Jasika
Edan Leshem
6–3, 5–7, [10–2]
Win8–3Jun 2022Surbiton, United KingdomChallengerGrass Julian Cash Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss8–4Jun 2022Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Julian Cash Jonny O'Mara
Ken Skupski
6–3, 2–6, [14–16]
Win9–4Jun 2022Ilkley, United KingdomChallengerGrass Julian Cash Ramkumar Ramanathan
John-Patrick Smith
7–5, 6–4
Win10–4Jul 2022M25 Roehampton, United KingdomWorld TourGrass Julian Cash Luca Castelnuovo
Skander Mansouri
walkover
Win11–4Aug 2022Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Julian Cash Jonathan Eysseric
Artem Sitak
6–3, 6–2
Win12–4Sep 2022Columbus, United StatesChallengerHard (i) Julian Cash Charles Broom
Constantin Frantzen
6–2, 7–5
Win13–4Oct 2022Fairfield, United StatesChallengerHard Julian Cash Anirudh Chandrasekar
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
6–3, 6–1
Win14–4Oct 2022Las Vegas, United StatesChallengerHard Julian Cash Constantin Frantzen
Reese Stalder
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win15–4Oct 2022Charlottesville, United StatesChallengerHard (i) Julian Cash Alex Lawson
Artem Sitak
6–2, 6–4
Win16–4Nov 2022Drummondville, CanadaChallengerHard (i) Julian Cash Arthur Fery
Giles Hussey
6–3, 6–3
Win17–4Nov 2022Andria, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Julian Cash Francesco Forti
Marcello Serafini
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–4]
Win18–4Dec 2022Maia, PortugalChallengerClay (i) Julian Cash Nuno Borges
Francisco Cabral
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Win19–4Apr 2023Sarasota, United StatesChallengerClay Julian Cash Guido Andreozzi
Guillermo Durán
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss19–5Aug 2023Stanford, United StatesChallengerHard Julian Cash Diego Hidalgo
Cristian Rodríguez
7–6(7–1), 4–6, [8-10]
Loss19–6Oct 2023Orléans, FranceChallengerHard (i) John-Patrick Smith Constantin Frantzen
Hendrik Jebens
6–7(5–7), 6–7(12–14)
Loss19–7Nov 2023Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Francisco Cabral Evan King
Brandon Nakashima
4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss19–8Mar 2024Phoenix, United StatesChallengerHard Rinky Hijikata Sadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul
3–6, 2–6
Win20–8Apr 2024Madrid, SpainChallengerClay Harri Heliövaara Guido Andreozzi
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Win21–8May 2024Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Harri Heliövaara Andreas Mies
Neal Skupski
6–3, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "Henry Patten | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ a b "Perfect 10: British Team Cashes In On Challenger Tour". 8 December 2022.
  3. ^ "JULIAN CASH AND HENRY PATTEN: MEET THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DOUBLES TEAM IN 2022 AFTER RECORD 10 ATP CHALLENGER TITLES".
  4. ^ "Henry Patten - Men's Tennis". UNC Asheville Athletics.
  5. ^ Styles, Matt (20 February 2020). "DU Tennis Club win Northern Premier and National League". Palatinate. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Class Notes". Durham University. May 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Henry Patten Tennis Player Profile & Rankings". LTA. Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  8. ^ "UNC Asheville's Henry Patten Selected for NCAA Singles Championship". Big South Sports. Big South Conference. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  9. ^ British Uni Tennis (LTA) (10 November 2019). "BUCS Doubles Championships Finals". Twitter. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Aussies Purcell/Thompson Win Houston Doubles Title in Match Tie-break | ATP Tour | Tennis". 9 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Escobar/Nedovyesov clinch Estoril crown, Purcell/Thompson triumph in Houston; Heliovaara/Patten win title on team debut in Marrakech". 7 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Henry Patten seals his first ATP title at Grand Prix Hassan II". 8 April 2024.
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